The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-26

s+itution expressly SAYS that he is IRE
sponsible, and it is contrary to the spllI' VI
the Constitution to say that he shoulu uo
ANYTHING for which he should be neIu re
snonsibIe. Nv definition of Responsible
government, is government in when the
neonle have control through their repre-
sentatives, the Legislature, of the CABINET
who having control of the other oLnceiN
of the Government, are thereby dlrecuy
responsible to the Legislature ana the PeO-
ple for the acts OF Government OfnclaiS.
The people, without the Legislature TOOK
the matter into their own hands and them
selves removed the great irresponsible
power which existed in the Kingdom-that
of the King-and they have left 1t TO US
TO carry on the work which they
began; to carry the principle to It's leglu-
mate sequence and remove the lrresponsl-
BILE power which remains lii the hands OF
the Governors and the Marshal. Rep. Z.
Brown says that if we kept on centralizing
power in the bands of the Cabinet, we VIII
be damned by those who come after US.
/ saw we will be damned if we do not place
the power where the responsibility is. In
this case It IS propose TO MAKE the AT
torney General responsible for the control
of the police, and then his chief executive
officer is proposed to be placed under the
control of the Supreme COurt-a body
which is not responsible to this House.
Noble Widemann says that we must not
look to the personnel of this Cabinet, and
Noble Smith says that we may have bad
Cabinet in the future; therefore we must
not give them power. 1 say if the Cabinet
is not bound down strictly enough, or is
not sufficiently under the control of the
Legislature, then take measures to bind
them down and control them; but do not
attempt to remedy the evil by reverting to
the old system of placing the power in ir-
responsible hands. In the opposition of
those who are now supporting the prOpO-
sltiOn to cOnfine the removal of the Mar
shall to the Supreme Court, the principle of
| responsible Government is being deserted
by those whom it deserved to have for it's
! friends, and they are not carrying out the
| spirit of this movement nor the wishes of
! those who sent them here.
Keep. Kamuoha said the issue between
| the Marshal and the Attorney General was
| that the latter wished the former to re-
move some native Hawaiian police to
make room for white men. His constitu-
ents did not tell him to come here and
| back up the Attorney General in removing
I native officers. The present Marshal is a
native Hawaiian, and were the native
members of the House going to see him
| put out?
Noble Castle asked that the Special
! Committee on opium be allowed to retire,
as they had witnesses to examine, who had
just arrived.
Rep. C. Brown moved the Committee
rise, report progress and ask leave to sit
again. Agreed to.
The committee rose and the Chairman
reported.
The report of the committee was adopted.
| COMMISSION ON LEPROSY.
| President Wilder announced the follow
ing commission to report on leprosy at the
next session: Island of Hawaii, Reps.
Kinney and Kamai; Maui and MoIokai
| Reps Helekunihi Kawainui and Naka-
leka Oahu, Noble Waterhouse and Rep.
Kalaukoa; Kauai Reps. Gay and A s.
! Wilcox.
At 80 the House adjourned to O'Clock
Saturday morning.